32%

States that abandoned strong concealed carry permitting systems—including those with live firearm training requirements—for permitless carry from 1981 to 2019 saw an average 32 percent increase in gun assaults.

Mitchell Doucette et al., “Deregulation of Public Civilian Gun Carrying and Violent Crimes: A Longitudinal Analysis 1981-2019,” Criminology & Public Policy 23 (2024): 833–61, https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12638.

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7 in 10

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans support funding community-based gun violence prevention programs that provide outreach, conflict mediation, and social support for people at high-risk of gun violence.

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<$3,400

Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEP) are cost-effective: The average cost of an SYEP is fewer than $3,400 per participant, compared to more than $15.6 million for the average cost of a gun homicide.

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<$10,800

Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIP) are cost-effective: The average cost of an HVIP is fewer than $10,800 per participant, compared to more than $37,000 for the average medical cost of a nonfatal firearm assault injury.

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>4 in 10

More than four in 10 gun deaths in cities are suicides.

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